Back in February 2016 we met Samantha at the Wedding Fayre in Bluewater where they saw us play live, came and chatted with the whole band and we got on like a house on fire. She immediately called James and they both came to see us at a rehearsal to have a further conversation about how we can make they day extra special.

They had their wedding at the amazing Ashdown Park Hotel and Spa in Sussex. We have played some amazing spaces before, but this one is up there with the most stunning we have ever seen. Check out all the pictures at the bottom of the blog to see what we mean!

The happy couple wanted to create a big party and a big noise to make sure they had the best party. We added keyboards to our normal Electric Band to give it an extra punch.

Samantha and James had some amazing live requests for the band, and a first dance with one of the best 80's guitar solos in, "Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now" by Starship.

We are always happy to learn first dances and a few cheeky requests and they all went down a storm and kept the dance floor full and all songs that we are adding to our normal repertoire!

The First Dance

Samantha and James' first dance was one of the biggest we have played in 2017! "Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now" is an 80's classic and is a huge amount of fun to play. If you don't know it click below for the official, all 80's, big hair and motorcycles video!

The Venue

We couldn't write this blog without doing a piece on the venue. Ashdown is a stunning, and we do mean stunning, venue based in Sussex. The venue grounds are immense and will be perfect for all your wedding photos and guests to enjoy during the drinks reception.

The main reason why we love Ashdown though is the area where you eat your wedding breakfast and where the evening wedding party takes place. Here are some photos to show you what we mean! #nofilterneeded

The inside spaces lend themselves perfectly for entertaining and the staff, catering and everyone at the venue know how to get the most out of it. They were great to work with, being really helpful to the band, and were great to Samantha and James too.

The space lends itself really well for a band, framing the musicians and with a purpose built dance floor means that performing live with the band for the guests is a joy to do.

Special Requests

James and Samantha had a few requests that they wanted us to learn for the big day. We love learning an extra few tunes for our couples, as it really makes their day their own. We like our clients putting their stamp on the live sound of the band and asking us to learn an extra song or 2 is the perfect way to do this.

Here are the 3 extra the happy couple wanted us to perform live at the wedding.

These awesome songs allowed us to tailor the rest of the live band set around the happy couples prefered styles of music. We added in Teenage Dirtbag, All The Small Things and a few others to keep the set with that skater feel.

It was a fantastic to play for James and Samantha for the wedding day, we wish them all the best and hope to see them again on another gig sometime soon.